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December 06, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

It is only when you come to a situation where you are face to face with sorrow that you stop and look at that which is beyond. If you are always happy, if you always get a lollipop to suck—which is...

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December 05, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

All things spiritual boil down to your relationships in day-to-day life. Otherwise, we can just sit at home and meditate for hours, and be the same person when we come out. It does not work.

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December 04, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

In Vedanta, what the Vedantist does, is to examine the world around him and find out that it is impermanent. He says, “This world is impermanent because today it’s here and tomorrow it is gone. All...

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December 03, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

Great literature, sublime poetry, and exquisite works of art—they have been inspired by love and compassion. It is unselfish love for humanity, which is the culmination and the highest point that l...

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December 02, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

Look carefully and observantly at the outside world—the physical world, the substance as we know it—setting aside all other preconceived ideas we have about it. Look at what we think is substance, ...

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December 01, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

We think, that with our rational brain, we can solve everything! This is one of the problems faced by man when he reads the scriptures. He feels, that with his intellect, he can explain everything....

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November 30, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

There is nothing to fear, and to live with this understanding is called holistic living. Holistic living is to live with the understanding the blissful Supreme Being pervades the entire universe an...

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November 29, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

‘Dharana, dhyana, samadhi’—these are interlinked. Normally, when we say meditation we mean all the three. ‘Dharana’ means the capacity, technique or the practice by which one fixes one’s attention ...

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November 28, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 2 comments

Suppose, you have examined and found that there are a lot of things to be improved in yourself. The first step is to try moving in the positive direction; the other step is to do your ‘Sadhana’ ser...